republic-os/legislation/us/states/de/151/hb-264.md

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Bill	AN ACT TO AMEND TITLES 10 AND 11 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO PROTECTIVE ORDERS FOR VICTIMS OF SEXUAL VIOLENCE.	This Act permits a person who has been the victim of non-consensual sexual conduct or non-consensual sexual penetration to apply for a sexual violence protective order if the person has a reasonable fear, based on specific conduct occurring contemporaneously or subsequent to the non-consensual sexual conduct or penetration, that the perpetrator of the sexual conduct will harm the petitioner in the future. An ex parte temporary order may be issued if a petitioner proves by a preponderance of the evidence that the respondent poses an immediate and present danger of causing physical injury to the petitioner. The protective order is a civil remedy available whether or not the respondent has been charged with a crime and whether or not the petitioner reported the respondent’s conduct to law enforcement officials. The Act provides for an emergency ex parte hearing as well as a non-emergency hearing in Superior Court.	us/states/de	Delaware General Assembly	151	HB 264	Delaware HB 264 (151)	bill		enacted	Debra Heffernan Krista Griffith Kyle Evans Gay Nicole Poore Sherry Dorsey Walker Valerie Longhurst	2	13	2	2022-01-20	2022-10-10	openstates	ocd-bill/2a52dc7e-9c0d-4750-8f65-664d4440e6ce	https://legis.delaware.gov/BillDetail?LegislationId=79113	f292953dfcdb1ea51305dc330da08e29b99754ec19668de9bfed815b768f95fa	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-de

Delaware HB 264 (151) — AN ACT TO AMEND TITLES 10 AND 11 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO PROTECTIVE ORDERS FOR VICTIMS OF SEXUAL VIOLENCE.

This Act permits a person who has been the victim of non-consensual sexual conduct or non-consensual sexual penetration to apply for a sexual violence protective order if the person has a reasonable fear, based on specific conduct occurring contemporaneously or subsequent to the non-consensual sexual conduct or penetration, that the perpetrator of the sexual conduct will harm the petitioner in the future. An ex parte temporary order may be issued if a petitioner proves by a preponderance of the evidence that the respondent poses an immediate and present danger of causing physical injury to the petitioner. The protective order is a civil remedy available whether or not the respondent has been charged with a crime and whether or not the petitioner reported the respondent’s conduct to law enforcement officials. The Act provides for an emergency ex parte hearing as well as a non-emergency hearing in Superior Court.

Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. Bill Text (committee substitute) — source
2. HA 1 to HS 1 for HB 264 (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• SM — 21–0 (pass) · upper
• SM — 36–1 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Debra Heffernan — primary (person)
• Krista Griffith — primary (person)
• Kyle Evans Gay — primary (person)
• Nicole Poore — primary (person)
• Sherry Dorsey Walker — primary (person)
• Valerie Longhurst — primary (person)
• Franklin D. Cooke — cosponsor (person)
• John A. Kowalko — cosponsor (person)
• Kimberly Williams — cosponsor (person)
• Melissa Minor-Brown — cosponsor (person)
• Paul S. Baumbach — cosponsor (person)
• Stephanie L. Hansen — cosponsor (person)
• William Bush — cosponsor (person)
• William J. Carson — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

• 2022-01-20 Adopted in lieu of the original bill HB 264, and Assigned to Judiciary Committee in House introduction, referral-committee
• 2022-01-26 Reported Out of Committee (Judiciary) in House with 2 Favorable, 4 On Its Merits committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
• 2022-01-27 Assigned to Appropriations Committee in House introduction, referral-committee
• 2022-05-19 Reported Out of Committee (Appropriations) in House with 5 Favorable committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
• 2022-06-02 Amendment HA 1 to HS 1 - Introduced and Placed With Bill amendment-introduction
• 2022-06-07 Amendment HA 1 to HS 1 - Passed In House by Voice Vote amendment-passage
• 2022-06-07 Passed By House. Votes: 36 YES 1 NO 4 ABSENT passage
• 2022-06-07 Assigned to Judiciary Committee in Senate introduction, referral-committee
• 2022-06-15 Reported Out of Committee (Judiciary) in Senate with 1 Favorable, 3 On Its Merits committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
• 2022-06-15 Assigned to Finance Committee in Senate introduction, referral-committee
• 2022-06-22 Reported Out of Committee (Finance) in Senate with 1 Favorable, 3 On Its Merits committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
• 2022-06-23 Passed By Senate. Votes: 21 YES passage
• 2022-10-10 Signed by Governor executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/2a52dc7e-9c0d-4750-8f65-664d4440e6ce. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Delaware legislature records).